How To Install abi-tracker on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-tracker in Fedora 36. abi-tracker is Tool to visualize ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-tracker on Fedora 36.

What is `abi-tracker`

A tool to visualize ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library. The tool requires the input profile of the library in JSON format. It can be created manually or automatically generated by the ABI Monitor https

We can use yum or dnf to install abi-tracker on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abi-tracker.

Install abi-tracker on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install abi-tracker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install abi-tracker

Install abi-tracker on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install abi-tracker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install abi-tracker

How To Uninstall abi-tracker on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the abi-tracker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove abi-tracker

abi-tracker Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/abi-tracker
/usr/share/abi-tracker
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Basic.pm
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Images
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Images/RSS.png
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Input.pm
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Js
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Js/Index.js
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Styles
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Styles/Changelog.css
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Styles/Common.css
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Styles/HeadersDiff.css
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Styles/Report.css
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/Internals/Utils.pm
/usr/share/abi-tracker/modules/ignore.tags
/usr/share/doc/abi-tracker
/usr/share/doc/abi-tracker/HOWTO
/usr/share/doc/abi-tracker/README
/usr/share/licenses/abi-tracker
/usr/share/licenses/abi-tracker/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/abi-tracker.1.gz

References

abi-tracker website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-tracker on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).